A Step Forward in Time: Construction

Built on 12.75 acres, City Hall originally had:

•    816,900 square feet of space
•    1100 offices and auxiliary rooms
•    parking spaces for 2400 cars

Over almost four years of construction, City Hall used:

•    91,000 cubic yards of concrete
•    9,000 tons of reinforcing steel
•    94,000 square feet of glass
•    170,000 square feet of precast marble panels
•    20,000 tons of precast concrete panels
•    190 miles of wiring
•    11,000 light fixtures
•    8½ miles of snow-melting cables

Sidewalk Superintendent’s Report No. 1
[between 1959 and 1965]
City of Toronto Archives, Series 1232